net.sf.jasperreports.components.list

Interface ListComponent

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Component, JRCloneable, JRVisitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardListComponent

public interface ListComponent
extends Component, JRCloneable, JRVisitable

List component interface.

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ListContents	getContents() Returns the list item contents.
JRDatasetRun	getDatasetRun() Returns the subdataset run information that will be used by this list.
Boolean	getIgnoreWidth() Returns the flag that determines whether the element width is to be ignored when filling this list.
PrintOrderEnum	getPrintOrderValue() Returns the print order of the list cells.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable

clone

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRVisitable

visit

Method Detail

getDatasetRun

JRDatasetRun getDatasetRun()

Returns the subdataset run information that will be used by this list.

This information is required to instantiate a subdataset from the report. The data produced by the subdataset is fed to the list item contents.

Returns:

the subdataset run information

getContents

ListContents getContents()

Returns the list item contents.

Each record produced by the list subdataset is used to fill the list item contents and the result is included in the generated report.

Returns:

the list item contents

getPrintOrderValue

PrintOrderEnum getPrintOrderValue()

Returns the print order of the list cells.

The list cells can be either printed vertically one beneath another (on a single column), or horizontally on rows of 2 or more columns.

The default print order (used when no explicit order has been set) is vertical.

Returns:

the list print order if set, one of

• PrintOrderEnum.VERTICAL
• PrintOrderEnum.HORIZONTAL

See Also:

ListContents.getWidth()

getIgnoreWidth

Boolean getIgnoreWidth()

Returns the flag that determines whether the element width is to be ignored when filling this list.

This flag only applies to horizontally filled reports. If the flag is set, the list will be filled on a single row.

By default, the flag is not set.

See Also:

getPrintOrderValue(), JRCrosstab.setIgnoreWidth(Boolean)